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Car bomb targets Turkish engineers in Afgooye

Waagacusub.com- An explosives-laden car blew up near a food café in Afgooye with initial reports indicating it was targeting Turkish contractors who are involved in road construction in the area.

Australia: Authorities kill 5,000 camels over environmental concerns

Waagacusub.com- Helicopter shooters killed more than 5,000 wild camels in Australia, in a campaign aimed at eliminating the threat posed by these animals to the local population in the midst of drought.

Shabaab kill three in Monday Garissa attack

Waagacusub.com- Three civilians were killed in a suspected Al Shabaab attack in Kamuthe area, Garissa County in a pre-dawn strike on Monday.

Al-Shabaab says "Attack in Camp Simba Lamu was in retaliation of Kenyan anti-terror forces destruction of Hormuud Telecom"

Al-Shabab published images of their attack on US forces in Lamu, Kenya. What is behind the attack?

Iran plane crash: UK ambassador arrested in Tehran

Waagacusub.com- The UK ambassador to Iran was arrested during anti-government protests in Tehran after officials admitted shooting down a passenger plane.

Somalia to lose voting rights at UN by September if it fails to pay $1.5m debt

Waagacusub.com- Somalia has until September this year to cut down its arrears owed to the UN or lose its vote in the global body's General Assembly. A resolution by UN General Assembly in October exempted Somalia alongside Comoros and Sao Tome and Principe from losing their vote in the assembly…

Somalia detained record number of journalists in 2019: Report.

Waagacusub.com - State security forces arrested 38 journalists, while 37 were beaten, shot at or threatened at gunpoint, report says.

Challenges facing merger of Somali opposition parties

Waagacusub.com - In the past few days, there have been meetings that were held in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, between major political parties in the country. The objective of these meetings was to form a single platform that would unite these political parties, but differences have already emerged…

Somali spy agency criticised for accusing foreign country over deadly attack

Waagacusub.com - Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency has been criticised over a statement in which it accused a foreign country of being behind the deadly Saturday bomb attack in Mogadishu which killed almost 90 people.

Al-Shabaab militants claim huge Somali bomb attack

Waagacusub.com - Al-Shabaab Islamist militants have claimed responsibility for Saturday's massive car bomb in the Somalian capital that killed 81 people, including two Turkish citizens.

UAE ambassador to Somalia meets UN envoy in Mogadishu

Waagacusub.com - The ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Somalia, Mohamed Ahmed Osman Hamada, today met the UN special envoy to Somalia, James Swan, in Mogadishu.

Over 36,000 people sign petition asking the UK gov't to revoke Somali singer's visa over "hateful remarks"

Waagacusub.com - A UK woman is petitioning her government to revoke the 6-month visa granted to a popular controversial Somali singer who linked Mogadishu's rampant terror attacks to Somali leader's refusal to grant Somaliland autonomy.

Al Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly Somalia blast

Waagacusub.com - The Islamist group, Al-Shabaab on Monday claimed responsibility through an audio message, for a car bomb blast in Mogadishu that killed at least 90 people over the weekend.

Turkey condemns terrorist al-Shabaab for Somalia attack

Waagacusub.com - Terror group al-Shabaab commit greatest crime against humanity, Muslims, says Turkish ruling party spokesman

SOMALI MILITANTS CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK OUTSIDE HOTEL: SPOKESPERSON

Waagacusub.com - Somali Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack outside a hotel in the town of Galkayo, in the country's Mudug region, which killed at least seven civilians, their spokesperson told Reuters.

Al-Shabab militants killed in Somalia

Waagacusub.com - The Somali Army has killed at least eight al-Shabab extremists in a fierce gun battle in the southern region of Bay, an official said.

Turkey's police special operations chief in Somalia

Waagacusub.com - Selami Turker, chief of Special Police Unit of Turkish National Police, met with Somali officials and exchanged

Commemorating the Real Somali Heroes Who Fought the Ethiopian Invasion

"General John Abizaid of the U.S. Central Command, which has military authority for the Horn of Africa, flew to Ethiopia recently to meet with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has told American officials that he could cripple the Islamists "in one to two weeks."" (13 December 2006, Jeffrey…

Somalia Largest Mobile Network Company -Hormuud Telecom Linked among Top Shabaab Financiers

Somalia largest mobile telephone network company, Hormuud Telecom has been linked with entities funding and providing logistical support to the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab. The mobile telephone company has been accused of paying millions of shillings to the jihadist group for protection of its business…

Hormuud telecom and Al-Shabaab's Strategy of Destroying Mobile Communication Masts

Hormuud's Assault on African Peacekeepers Figure 14: African Peace Keepers Hormuud launched a scorching public campaign against the Kenyan military forces in AMISOM in late August 2019.